Iron County register., 1887-12-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
THE branch home for disabled volun teer
soldiers, provided for by Congress to be
established on the Pacific coast, has been
located at Santa Monica, Cal, fourteen
miles from Los Angeles, on the ocean.
JAS. RANKEN, a young Nebraska farmer,
while out hunting in a sleigh, on the 18th,
accidentally discharged both barrels of
his gun into his heart. The flash caught
his clothing on fire and burned his body to
a crisp.
LITERARY, member of the Hungarian
Parliament, who was wounded III duel
with his brother in-law, is dead.
THE remains of Charles Fry were found
hanging from a tree at M trona, Pa, at
an early hour on the morning of the 14th.
Foul play is suspected and an inyestiga-
ton was ordered by the coroner.
THE Winnipeg (Man.) gas works We're
burned on the night OF the 14th; loss,
$125 5,0GO.
LUELLA NORTH, aged four years, ignited
her clothing at the stove at her home in
Cincinnati, on the 14th, during the alb
sence of her parents, and, before assist
ance could reach her, was burned to
death.
THE Warren Manufacturing Company's
elevator, at Warren, Minn., ontaining
SO, 1000 bushels of wheat, was burned on
the night of the 18th. The elevator and
contents were valued at 900 and were
partially insured.
The barn of John Becker, in Manor
township, Lancaster County, Pa, was
burned on the night of the 18th with all
the seasons crop and farm implements.
Thirty two head of cattle, twenty-five
hogs, five mules and horse were burned
to death. Loss, $4,000; insured for
$S,4O0.
IT is reported at Duluth, Minn., that E.
L Sawyer, secretary of the Duluth Roll er
mill, who is now in Washington Terri tory,
got away with $4,000 of the company's
money. Sawyer was engaged to the
daughter of one of the wealthiest citizens
in st. Paul.
WHILE crossing the Missouri river
twenty miles below Bismark, OAK, on the
night Of the 18th, a family consisting of
Charles Whalen, wife and daughter, We're
drowned. They lost the road and the
team passed SO near a large air-hole that
the ice broke and the animals and people
were lost.
THE body of Jerry White, farmer, who
lived near the village of Flushing, Mich,
and who mysteriously disappeared few
weeks ago, was found on the 14th in a
log heap in the woods, ten miles from his
home, bearing marks of violence. A man
named Daniels, who had been negotiating
for the purchase of Whites farm, has
been arrested, charged with murder.
HON. A. W. MCCLELLAN, Postmaster
General of Canada, left Ottawa on the
14th for Washington to conclude the
negotiations for the establishment of a
parcel post system between the two
countries.
A LONDON Times correspondent at Paris
repeats the story that M. Grevy des troyed
two of the Limozin letters, because mis-
name appeared in them, and says the
scandal case was dismissed to avoid i'm
pIicating M. Grevy.
SOMETHING of a sensation has been
caused in New Brunswick by story of
the discovery of several bushels of buried
sovereigns.
JOS. KNIGHT, book keeper of the Manu-
facturers' National Bank at Philadelphia.
is charged with stealing large amount
of the banks funds.
THE first National Republican Club con-
vention opened at Chickering Hall, New
York, on the 18th.
1T Is said to be settled that neither
Pfeffer nor Clarkson will play with the
Chicago Base Ball Club next season.
A SCHEME for the reduction of the ex-
pense of collecting customs revenues, de-
vised by Assistant Secretary Maynard, is
about to be given trial.
E. K. WILLIAMSON, who disappeared
from Massachusetts, six years ago, his
father-in-law missing $4,000 at the same
time, has been caught in Nebraska.
FUNG LUNG DICK and Chez Lung, two
Cinnamon, were convicted at Portland,
Ore, on the 18th, of murder in the first
degree for killing Lee Yeck in the Chinese
theatre on the night of November 6. The
penalty is death. The sentence will be
pronounced next week.
Mr.. POwDERLY's condition on the night
of the 10Th was regarded as critical by
his physician. He was seized with an
other hemorrhage during the afternoon.
Since his return to his home at Scranton
he has slept very little, and he is very
nervous and restless on that account.
MEsSRs. ESMoNDE AND O'CoNNoR, the
Irish ENJOYS, paid their respects to Presi-
dent Cleveland on the 18th.
The United States fish car containing
the Governments gift TO Mexico, arrived
at the City of Mexico on the 18th.
THE Elkhart Qnd.) paper-pail and the
Excelsior starch mills were burned to the
ground on the 14th. This will throw
about 200 men out of employment; loss,
$4,000
Tbs st. Petersburg Official Military Ga
sette explains recent Russian military ac-
tivity, and shows why certain movements
and massing of troops were made neces-
sary by the action of other nations.
THE four coke strikers on trial at Union
town, Pa. for assauiting the non-union
miners at the Jim coke works during the
great strike of last year, were convicted
on the 10Th of riot and conspiracy. Forty
eight others were released for turning
States evidence. The prisoners are all
Hungarian